National Boys Basketball Rankings, No Changes At The Top

(1-23-17) All the #1’s hold down their spot this week in all of the National boys high school basketball rankings.

Nathan Hale is #1 in the MaxPreps Top 25, they are also the top Public team in the SSN split-rankings, plus the USA Today Top 25. They will play Seattle city rival Garfield this Friday and it will air on ESPN.

Making a big jump in the public school split-rankings is #9 Linden (NJ), they were not rated last week. They are #16 in the MaxPreps Top 25.

Sierra Canyon is the #1 Private school in the SSN split-rankings, Mater Dei, with the recent addition of Bol Bol could challenge for that top spot in the future. Bol who was just ruled eligible to play after transferring in from Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kansas) in November and played for the first time this weekend.

IMG Academy still remains as the #1 team in the MaxPreps Independent Top 10 rankings.

(1st # is ranking in eith Public or Private rankings, second # is the ranking each school has in this week’s Top 25, the third # is last week’s ranking)MaxPreps will run separate high school boys basketball rankings for teams that compete for state championships as part of recognized governing body (High School Top 25) and those that do not (Independent Top 10).

MaxPreps will run separate high school boys basketball rankings for teams that compete for state championships as part of recognized governing body (High School Top 25) and those that do not (Independent Top 10).

PRIVATE

-2. (2) Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), 16-1

-5. (6) Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 21-1

-7. (10) DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.), 16-1

-10. (13) Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.), 15-2

-11. (14) Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia), 14-2

-12. (15) Bishop Montgomery (Torrance, Calif.), 18-2

-14. (16) Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.), 15-3

-17. (8) Patrick School (Elizabeth, N.J.), 10-3

-23. (NR) Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio), 15-0

-25. (NR) Greensboro Day (Greensboro, N.C.), 24-3

PUBLIC

-1. (No. 1 last week) Nathan Hale (Seattle), 15-0

-3. (3) Chino Hills (Calif.), 20-0

-4. (4) Memphis East (Memphis, Tenn.), 17-3

-6. (7) McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.), 18-0

-8. (11) Jonesboro (Ark.), 18-0

-9. (12) Newton (Covington, Ga.), 21-0

-13. (5) Simeon (Chicago), 18-1

-15. (17) Shadow Mountain (Phoenix), 18-0

-16. (NR) Linden (N.J.), 10-2

-18. (19) Basha (Chandler, Ariz.), 23-0

-19. (21) Klein Forest (Houston), 23-0

-20. (22) Federal Way (Wash.), 18-0

-21. (23) Wagner (San Antonio, Texas), 24-1

-22. (24) Champlin Park (Champlin, Minn.), 12-0

-24. (9) Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, La.), 21-2

North Central (Indiana) was upset this weekend by Lawrence North and drops out of Public School rankings-